Professor, H-1B salary
What 1,074 H-1B filings report for “Professor” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Professor?
$177k median H-1B base salary for a Professor, typically $92k to $303k, across 1,074 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Massachusetts at $233k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Massachusetts56$233k+$56k
- 2Connecticut31$225k+$48k
- 3Maryland37$210k+$33k
- 4New York120$203k+$26k
- 5Texas117$200k+$23k
- 6North Carolina35$200k+$23k
- 7New Jersey42$191k+$14k
- 8Pennsylvania37$180k+$3k
- 9Indiana29$180k+$3k
- 10California147$175k−$2k
- 11Illinois32$161k−$16k
- 12Michigan40$156k−$21k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $177kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Professor?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Professor roles are Cornell University, Princeton University, The University of Texas at Austin, Yale University, and Harvard University, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Professor filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Cornell University28 filings$257k
- 2Princeton University26 filings$211k
- 3The University of Texas at Austin26 filings$200k
- 4Yale University26 filings$225k
- 5Harvard University25 filings$275k
- 6Johns Hopkins University21 filings$193k
- 7University of California, Los Angeles21 filings$243k
- 8New York University20 filings$274k
- 9Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies19 filings$120k
- 10Columbia University19 filings$228k
- 11University of California, Santa Barbara18 filings$155k
- 12The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center18 filings$295k
- 13Penn State University Park17 filings$178k
- 14Duke University16 filings$277k
- 15Stanford University16 filings$272k
- 16University of Notre Dame14 filings$183k
- 17Texas A&M University14 filings$164k
- 18Michigan State University13 filings$156k
- 19University of Florida13 filings$167k
- 20Wayne State University13 filings$112k
- 21University of Wisconsin System13 filings$180k
- 22Mount Sinai Health System13 filings$200k
- 23University of Utah12 filings$168k
- 24University of Michigan12 filings$186k
- 25University of Minnesota12 filings$143k
- 26University of Illinois12 filings$158k
- 27Virginia Tech12 filings$196k
- 28University of Rochester11 filings$180k
- 29University of Pittsburgh11 filings$190k
- 30Arizona State University11 filings$175k
- 31UT Southwestern Medical Center11 filings$400k
- 32University of California, Berkeley10 filings$195k
- 33Indiana University10 filings$178k
- 34University of California, Santa Cruz10 filings$204k
- 35Rutgers University10 filings$180k
- 36Boston University9 filings$245k
- 37Virginia University of Integrative Medicine8 filings$86k
- 38University of Arizona8 filings$217k
- 39University of Maryland8 filings$230k
- 40Augusta University8 filings$152k
- 41University of California, Riverside8 filings$176k
- 42University of Georgia8 filings$140k
- 43Northwestern University7 filings$239k
- 44Whitewater University of California7 filings$77k
- 45Baylor College of Medicine7 filings$312k
- 46Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico7 filings$64k
- 47University of California, Davis7 filings$177k
- 48University of Maryland Baltimore7 filings$261k
- 49Georgia Tech7 filings$161k
- 50University of Chicago7 filings$133k
Related titles in this family
102,550 filings carry “Professor” in the title, across 8,974 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Assistant Professor50,614 filings$100k
- 2Research Assistant Professor3,169 filings$77k
- 3Clinical Assistant Professor3,069 filings$165k
- 4Associate Professor2,976 filings$118k
- 5Visiting Assistant Professor1,484 filings$68k
- 6Assistant Research Professor1,448 filings$75k
- 7Assistant Teaching Professor896 filings$75k
- 8Assistant Professor of Computer Science855 filings$86k
- 9Assistant Professor - Clinical694 filings$215k
- 10Assistant Professor of Economics673 filings$87k
- 11Assistant Professor of Finance491 filings$125k
- 12Assistant Professor of Mathematics463 filings$64k
Figures are for the exact title “Professor”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.